Clearly her son believed in what he was doing. Whether he believed the administration's justification for the war, and based his decisions on that justification will never be known.
Perhaps he re-listed simply because wanted to stay and help his buddies fight, and it had nothing to do with the rationale behind the war. He was young, and sometimes the motives of youth are purer than those of us old coggers who have grown cynical and have to convinced of everything. On 8/16/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But did her son think it was a lie? He re-enlisted, asked for a combat unit > (he was a mechanical engineer) and then volunteered for the job where he was > killed. > Bush did say he was sorry for the death of all the soldiers, sons and > daughters. What makes this woman special that she needs a personal visit? > Maybe her message would be worth more to me sans quotes (which I'm getting > more info on now). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170181 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54